Iran Resumes Gas Exports to Turkey

Iran resumed natural gas exports to Turkey on Sunday after the pipeline connecting the two countries got repaired at the end of the week. 

‘Director of dispatching at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Manouchehr Taheri said natural gas export to Turkey resumed at 8:00 p.m. local time on Sunday after the pipeline was repaired’ NIGC wrote on Monday. 

Last week, the pipeline was attacked in Turkey's eastern province of Ağrı. The local government blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for the attack. After Russia (27 bcm) a year, Iran is the second biggest natural gas supplier to Turkey (10-20 bcm). 

‘According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, Iran is exporting 20 million cubic meters of gas to Turkey after the Turkish side expressed readiness for that. According the 25-year agreement between the two countries, Iran is obliged to supply Turkey with annually 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas.’